Are you looking for something to do today? Well here’s what’s hot right now. Only the best things to see and do while in Debrecen over the next week and beyond, upcoming events that will stir your emotion, you will never want to leave after your Debrecen Experience.
Cycling parades have been an essential accompaniment to the Debrecen Flower Carnival for more than ten years now. On the evening of August 19th this year, we can tour the city on lighted bikes with hundreds of cyclists. Surprise music and light programs, both before and after the parade provide an unforgettable atmosphere.
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Cycling parades have been an essential accompaniment to the Debrecen Flower Carnival for more than ten years now. On the evening of August 19th this year, we can tour the city on lighted bikes with hundreds of cyclists. Surprise music and light programs, both before and after the parade provide an unforgettable atmosphere.
On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Pope Saint John Paul II’s visit to Debrecen, a historic event, two publications were made and a statue of the pope was erected on the staircase of St. Anne’s Cathedral.
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The Diocese of Debrecen – Nyíregyháza, the Archdiocese of St. Anne located in Debrecen and the Episcopal Office of the Trans-Tisza Reformed Diocese commemorate the visit of Pope St. John Paul II with a rich three-day series of festivities lasting from 16th to 18th August 2021. On the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Pope St. John Paul II’s visit to Debrecen, a historic event, two publications were made and a statue of the pope was erected on the staircase of St. Anne’s Cathedral.
Deputy Mayor István Puskás (Fidesz-KDNP) announced that there will be no carnival parade this year and that foreign performers will not perform due to COVID-19. He added that 14 companies, associations and institutions considered it important to display their flower compositions.
Flower Carnival
Deputy Mayor István Puskás (Fidesz-KDNP) announced that there will be no carnival parade this year and that foreign performers will not perform due to COVID-19. He added that 14 companies, associations and institutions considered it important to display their flower compositions.
On August 13th 2021 is the 12th Aquaticum National Slide Championship. Join in to one of the 9 competition categories to compete for valuable prizes and an unforgettable experience.
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On August 13th 2021 is the 12th Aquaticum National Slide Championship. Join in to one of the 9 competition categories to compete for valuable prizes and an unforgettable experience.
For most of the journey, visibility to either side of the main road to Hortobagy extends for many kilometres. It is both beautiful and haunting, but it is far from lifeless as we found when we visited the settlement.
Hortobágy
Hortobagy is a vast plain, a flat grassland wilderness that to the untrained eye is empty. I found driving through the vast open landscape for the first time a little unsettling. For most of the journey, visibility to either side of the main road to Hortobagy extends for many kilometres. It is both beautiful and haunting, but it is far from lifeless as we found when we visited the settlement.
On this day, Lion Fitness Debrecen adopted our female Asian lion named Hima.
Debrecen Zoo
Since August 10th, 2013, we have been celebrating World Lion Day at Debrecen Zoo to draw attention to the plight of these majestic and irreplaceable top predators. Lions currently inhabit barely 5 percent of their former habitat, a tenth of the number of individuals around just a hundred years ago. The fall in numbers is primarily due to the depletion of prey, habitat degradation, and hunting for human-animal conflicts.
Held for the 10th time this year, the main theme of the children’s festival is national values and their transmission in traditional and modern forms, as well as Olympic sports that promote quality movement.
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“There is no more beautiful animal than a goose, he does not need a footpath,” sings Galiba, the goose in György Schwajda’s Ludas Matyi transcript. It was in this playful form that the “youth education” program of the Debrecen Flower Carnival was born, which came to a beautiful anniversary. Held for the 10th time this year, the main theme of the children’s festival is national values and their transmission in traditional and modern forms, as well as Olympic sports that promote quality movement.
For the last 10 years the Czech breweries have been visiting Debrecen to great acclaim, and joy of the local population. This year will be no different, the event is arranged as part of the festivities of the flower festival, located in Nagyerdei Park.
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For the last 10 years the Czech breweries have been visiting Debrecen to great acclaim, and joy of the local population. This year will be no different, the event is arranged as part of the festivities of the flower festival, located in Nagyerdei Park.
This year, besides the Flower festival festivities, there are several national exhibitions taking place. The first marks the importance of this day, an exhibition about the Christian heritage of St. Stephen, and another is the 39th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition. Read more about them here.
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The 20th August is an important date in Debrecen, not just because this is the date of Debrecen Flower Festival, but it is also the national and state holiday of Hungary, celebrating the anniversary of the consecration of Stephen I of Hungary. This year, besides the Flower festival festivities, there are several national exhibitions taking place. The first marks the importance of this day, an exhibition about the Christian heritage of St. Stephen, and another is the 39th Hungarian Press Photo Exhibition.
The 20th August is the national and state holiday of Hungary and the anniversary of the consecration of Stephen I of Hungary. In Debrecen, however, it is also the day of the Flower Carnival. It is a real attraction, drawing in visitors from across the country and internationally ever since it was first organised in 1966.
Flower Festival 2021
The 20th August is the national and state holiday of Hungary and the anniversary of the consecration of Stephen I of Hungary. In Debrecen, however, it is also the day of the Flower Carnival. It is a real attraction, drawing in visitors from across the country and internationally ever since it was first organised in 1966.
The Flower Carnival will be organized in the name of “Culture, Community and Connection”. The main locations of the event will be the Great Forest, the University Square, the Nagyerdei Outdoor Stage, and Debrecen Amusement Park and Zoo from 12th to 22th of August, 2021.
Flower carts exhibition
According to historians, the following two events are the predecessor of today’s flower carnival.
In August 1900, the board of the Debrecen Civil Cycling Association decided to hold a national cycling competition later in September to raise awareness of the association’s new track. The highlight of the event and competition was a “large-scale flower corset, which they want to create with a lot of taste and splendor”.
On June 14, 1905, the Debrecen Ambulance Association, which was in a difficult financial situation at the time, organized a flower carriage carnival with the aim of raising money for the purchase of a new ambulance. 23 cars decorated with flowers participated in the procession that was led by the cities own car.
After that, more than six decades passed before flower carts (what would be described as floats today) would take to the streets of Debrecen again.
The flower carts of 2021 will be exhibited on 20th of August in the stadium-side part of Nagyerdei körút but there will be no parade this year. The carts can be seen on 21st and 22nd of August at Kossuth Square free of charge.
A taste of the flower carnival programs from August 12 to 22:
August 15-22: Galiba Children’s Festival – Debrecen Zoo and Amusement Park
The Galiba Children’s Festival will be held in the Debrecen Cultural Park, the first rural zoo and botanical garden in the country, from 15th to 22nd of August. In the spirit of national values, it will focus on Hungarian fairy tales, well-known fairy tale figures and the Hungaricums. A Galiba menu for families, which includes goulash soup, stuffed cabbage from Debrecen and non-alcoholic spritzer (fröccs), will also be prepared.
From 13th to 21st August, the Czech Beer Terrace will reopen in the Great Forest, where those interested can taste delicious Czech beers. The Czech Beer Terrace, like the terraces of restaurants, can be visited without a Vaccination Certificate.
rom 17th to 20th August, the Böszörményi út Campus of the University of Debrecen will host the annual Farmer Expo – International Agricultural and Food Trade Fair on its 30th anniversary, and from the 16th is Hortico Fruit and Gardening Trade Fair.
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From 17th to 20th August, the Böszörményi út Campus of the University of Debrecen will host the annual Farmer Expo – International Agricultural and Food Trade Fair on its 30th anniversary, and from the 16th is Hortico Fruit and Gardening Trade Fair.
This year, 329 exhibitors will be presented on 16,000 square meters. Minister of Agriculture István Nagy will take part in the opening, and the “Consecration of the new bread” fits into the must not be missed event.